In the tropical rainforest, ants are everywhere. Ants are the most abundant animals, and their total "biomass," or how much they all weight when put together, is heavier than any other group of animals in the rainforest.

After many trips to Costa Rica I finally found in Panamá one of the most amazing and scaring ants of the world, the army ant.
An army ant swarm is one of the most efficient eating machines in existence.
There are many different kinds of ants in a tropical forest. In fact, the famous researcher named E. O. Wilson found over 200 species of ants on a single tree!

This is one of my first captures of the 2015, and is the main theme of my next entry to the Blog, hope you find it interesting!

Larval Odonata: Dragonflies and damselflies begin their lives as nymphs, living underwater for a year of more.
Nymphs are not as brightly colored as the adults, but are well camouflaged predators who ambush their prey.
The nymphs have stockier, shorter, bodies than the adults. In addition to lacking wings, their eyes are smaller, their antennae longer, and their heads are less mobile than in the adult. Their mouthparts are modified, with the labium being adapted into a unique prehensile organ for grasping prey.